Pojana Maggiore is a town and ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' in the

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, north-eastern

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. It is the site of the

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World Heritage Site

Villa Pojana Villa Pojana or Poiana, is a patrician villa in Pojana Maggiore, a town of the Province of Vicenza in the Veneto region of Italy. It was designed by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio. It is conserved as part of the UNESCO World He ...

, designed by the Renaissance architect

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. The town has reputation for its agriculture. It is bounded by the other communes of

Noventa Vicentina Noventa Vicentina is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is west of SP247 provincial road. Noventa Vicentina was first inhabited by the Romans in the 1st century AD. Afterward in the early 1500s, the town was ...

and Montagnana.

Twin towns

Pojana Maggiore is twinned with: *

Roana Roana ( Cimbrian: ''Robàan'') is a commune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the M ...

, Italy, since 1996

References

Cities and towns in Veneto {{Veneto-geo-stub